Big Bethel Recreation Area
Big Bethel Recreation Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Pig Hill stands 21 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bethel Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 10 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bethel Park: 0.1 mi
- Westview park: 1.0 mi
- Beechlake Park: 1.1 mi
- Woodlake Community Park: 1.6 mi
- Mansion Woods Community Park: 1.7 mi
- Memory of Green: 2.1 mi
- Cast Bronze by M Cleveland: 2.1 mi
- Reinvented: 2.3 mi
- The Winner: 3.2 mi
- Captain Christopher Newport: 3.9 mi
- SS United States Propeller: 3.8 mi
- Mariners' Lake: 4.0 mi
- Whisper Wall: 4.2 mi
- POW/MIA Memorial: 4.3 mi
- William Tucker Cemetry: 4.7 mi
- USS Monitor: 4.1 mi
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon: 4.4 mi
- F/A-18: 13.7 mi
- Roman Rapids: 15.2 mi
- The Trade Wind: 15.2 mi
- Hampton Roads Garden: 4.3 mi
- Newport News Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Jenny Russell Giving Garden: 5.6 mi
- Buckroe Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 8.8 mi
- Virginia Living Museum: 3.2 mi
- Air Power Park: 4.9 mi
- Virginia War Museum: 5.3 mi
- Hampton History Museum: 6.6 mi
- Virginia Air And Space Center: 6.7 mi
- Huntington Beach: 5.6 mi
- Grandview Beach: 8.5 mi
- Outlook Beach: 9.1 mi
- Yorktown Beach: 10.7 mi
- Willoughby Beach: 13.6 mi
- Grandview Natural Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Weyanoke Bird and Wildflower Sanctuary: 16.6 mi
- Kingsmill Resort Audubon Sanctuary: 17.0 mi
- Mathews County Land Conservancy: 18.1 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Enhancement: 18.3 mi
- Holly Point: 10.8 mi
- York River Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Boushs Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Chestnut Bluffs: 17.7 mi
- Mintonville Point: 21.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Picnic Shelter #1: 19.0 mi
- Picnic Shelter #3: 19.4 mi
- Knob Hill: 22.0 mi
- Pig Hill: 23.0 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 24.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 9.3 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Bethel Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pig Hill | N 352° | 21 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SE 137° | 18 m | 24.8 mi |
| Knob Hill | SSW 200° | 8 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport News Intl AP, 4 mi away.
- Pond Slider31 obs
- American sweetgum27 obs
- North American Wheel Bug22 obs
- Great Blue Heron21 obs
- Blue Corporal21 obs
- American pokeweed19 obs
- Common Box Turtle16 obs
- Great Egret16 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356605334
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